tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628849036461188112024-02-18T18:17:25.870-08:00Above The Surtreykropphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547605090540540207noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362884903646118811.post-22925589504787997902018-08-17T08:56:00.002-07:002018-08-17T08:56:57.663-07:00Owens Valley Flight<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="272" src="https://embed.doarama.com/embed?k=ePzxm3E" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Here are some photos from the test flight with Willy Dydo. Stephen happened to be at AJ when Willy was there.<br />
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Took a few days and went over the Sierra Nevada to Nevada to do some flying. The drive over the central was miserable as usual. Must have been 100 plus as soon as I went over Pacheco Pass. If only I didn't have to drive 6 hours to get to these awesome spots. The drive over 88 was nice. Almost no cars and dropped into the Carson valley around 6pm just in time to fly Hot Springs.<br />
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The flight at Hot Springs was good, getting up to 7000 and boating around in ridge lift mixed with thermals. I hiked back up to Steve's truck as the sun set on the last day of Spring.<br />
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The next two days I got to fly at Slide. First day we went to setup in the usual spot. The DOT had just put down fresh tar on the road and it was really bad. It stuck to your shoes so bad you couldn't walk. None of us wanted any of that on the gliders or gear. Steve put down a tarp and we were able to set the gliders up back at the ski resort parking lot and walk them out to launch. Still was a mess and Willy had to throw his shoes out. Haha. The second day we decided to launch from the snow pack where the paragliders were. It working out just fine.<br />
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The wind was North East the first day and East the second day. I had some great low saves both days and the second day was able to get to 10,700 with that view of Lake Tahoe.<br />
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If you ever have to wait in the Slide LZ there is a concrete culvert that's a good ten degrees cooler and a nice spot to take a nap out of the hot Nevada sun.<br />
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Here is a video of some of the flying:<br />
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The wind forecast was for SW all day, but that was not the case. It got really turbulent and it must have been the North West pushing through. John went and landed and I managed to fly a bit more, but found the lift to be fading away as the NW blew in. Two hours of fun ridge soaring and next time we will try again for some XC to the central valley.<br />
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A nice day at the bluff, with the dragon guarding the back ridge. You could not only feel the warm air as you got close, but it smelled like candle wax too. I worked on the trail going down to the setup area for an hour, and then flew for an hour and a half. Top of lift around 500. treykropphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547605090540540207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362884903646118811.post-43590087703457699302017-04-27T08:41:00.002-07:002017-04-27T08:41:24.499-07:00Marina Beach April 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />treykropphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547605090540540207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362884903646118811.post-9242803908575882512016-10-05T21:00:00.003-07:002016-10-05T21:02:44.854-07:00I have managed to break free from work a few times recently and get some really good air time. A flight at Cayucos with John Hesh, and Willy Dydo recently and I bagged " The Rock" for the 3rd time. Marina was also very good with some smooth coastal air. Waddell also served up an epic cloud surfing day. A trip to Hull before summer ended to fly and ride motorcycles. Here is the video from Cayucos and Hull:<br />
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I headed South Tuesday night and camped in the cool pine forest known as Pine Mountain. The next day I met up with Max, Fast Eddie, and Mike. It was early, but the forecast was showing we had a good day ahead of us. Only issue was it was blowing North not South.<br />
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We stopped at the old North launch, but with no tools to clear the brush it was not an option at all. Up at the South launch we setup and waited as the sun beat down on us. The Q's started forming and we could actually see the convergence line out front. The new streamers that Mike put out would show it blowing up the launch, but it was really just rotor from the back. You don't want to launch in that shit.<br />
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Then things started to change. The convergence line started to fill in and move back over Pine. One hell of a scary dust devil ripped up the paraglider launch. It would have been crazy if that was over where we were. Max punched off first, then Mike, followed by myself.<br />
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No problem the lift was great and up to cloud base we all went. Now the hard part was finding the line and following it to the next cloud. We tried to stay together, but ended up loosing each other. Eddie did a great job helping Mike and I know some trigger points and land marks.<br />
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We all made it across the bad lands, and over to Frazier Peak. None of us found anything good at Frazier and the North wind was not helping at all. We all landing in different parts around the mountain. I took the Airstrip, Max took a field owned by a nice farmer, and Mike landed at the truck stop at i5.<br />
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My second wildland fire since joining the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade. It was caused by a down power line. We had a good response of our crew and managed to get it contained. treykropphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547605090540540207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362884903646118811.post-37714488503341184832015-07-01T21:58:00.001-07:002015-07-01T21:58:14.179-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fqQI0PxkDAs" width="560"></iframe>treykropphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547605090540540207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362884903646118811.post-20821784244392486402015-06-11T07:44:00.001-07:002015-06-11T07:44:58.222-07:00Eastern Sierra<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXxb7Kic-55hMrkEQ3Cnc9_n3melPqmHG2QMHOtyfm_CtoLTObSeweY4X8V8_1hW85wjtLV27_wkRBkbygMc02sPvz53XTxbe4jSBd7y2qbtcHQvBpxHqsYm9DNtgijaUTPWrYHV9GcIZ/s640/blogger-image-374635597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXxb7Kic-55hMrkEQ3Cnc9_n3melPqmHG2QMHOtyfm_CtoLTObSeweY4X8V8_1hW85wjtLV27_wkRBkbygMc02sPvz53XTxbe4jSBd7y2qbtcHQvBpxHqsYm9DNtgijaUTPWrYHV9GcIZ/s640/blogger-image-374635597.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPibGLKHRJl0tsiU5IaL7EOkvhz7ln3RNRTeT4ir422_YJe7fqrxxJ6wudLYhK13sLxATDeXG-8QWOc-p8AIHCwXpq1aqdZdJ8esp2KP8zWKsy6Egp-q7RE-pJwTE7AIOaHJnvJxAfGkFH/s640/blogger-image--523786012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Nice breeze but no caps. All the birds were flapping and staying away from the bluff. Maybe a hint of a wind line, but I could be seeing things. The streamers keep showing a breeze. I stand on launch ready to go for close to a half hour. I see some caps just filling in and go. No issue at all and up I went. Worked a slow climb over the top and the sun broke just as the caps marched in.<div><br></div><div>The dragon was in the canyon, but I eventually made it to the upper launch and 1600. By the end of the day I was parked over the setup area in pretty strong air hovering in place. I pulled off a nice top landing, and had issues breaking the glider down when the tip wand got stuck. With no one around to help, that sucked. I took the bolt apart and then that part broke. Frustrating as hell, but the flying was damn good. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyq-ny8JgZ_XUgXymyJlHXuSYivIvFo3TsWHXDf0N0p50epcpPfMchmZLzZ8_GQ029V0euY36d7idVtxvQsrXyM3ymBysNUDRx8_WPgSjSnRRgtpBqxdve7TWljzK7R-sBNnG5skVUZ_wb/s640/blogger-image-1137930019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyq-ny8JgZ_XUgXymyJlHXuSYivIvFo3TsWHXDf0N0p50epcpPfMchmZLzZ8_GQ029V0euY36d7idVtxvQsrXyM3ymBysNUDRx8_WPgSjSnRRgtpBqxdve7TWljzK7R-sBNnG5skVUZ_wb/s640/blogger-image-1137930019.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_enSK88_lC8w5grqvvyTM7Qrw2IH3r5RNk2WbtlYrEz_y9TA8DzsPuMEzvYk0Iny_BdM-d5WrXqpEY1Khcpo5BH_37GVVJJkV3hP2adjvKwlm_3Hk_oPoeedivdFvWtGUn4wYoz8uO3C/s640/blogger-image-425596051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_enSK88_lC8w5grqvvyTM7Qrw2IH3r5RNk2WbtlYrEz_y9TA8DzsPuMEzvYk0Iny_BdM-d5WrXqpEY1Khcpo5BH_37GVVJJkV3hP2adjvKwlm_3Hk_oPoeedivdFvWtGUn4wYoz8uO3C/s640/blogger-image-425596051.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRW_5BFKIuXDyj54ar_2lofDfMUa_Zd0wJMMb2yX_SDo1fmwSm2F5q3yARMZi4HQE8sJUkxUwssx4pnVaaufMSxkh4gWuXB_moMTkUqMWOFxd8c7i-KDyUmkGCxtWUuBKH_Mtblrcw7up/s640/blogger-image--1731938168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRW_5BFKIuXDyj54ar_2lofDfMUa_Zd0wJMMb2yX_SDo1fmwSm2F5q3yARMZi4HQE8sJUkxUwssx4pnVaaufMSxkh4gWuXB_moMTkUqMWOFxd8c7i-KDyUmkGCxtWUuBKH_Mtblrcw7up/s640/blogger-image--1731938168.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>treykropphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547605090540540207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362884903646118811.post-74550497738754746452015-04-13T18:46:00.002-07:002015-04-13T18:46:28.272-07:00Motorcycle Riding and the Cayucos Shear<br />
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Had a great weekend down south. John Hesh called me and invited me down to go riding at Ballinger OHV. It was some really exciting riding on trails. I have not done that in a long time. We rode about 100 miles on Saturday.<br />
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On Sunday we went to fly Cayucos. John forgot his basetube and so I went for it solo. The conditions were choppy around launch so John told me to head out over the beach. Sure enough I hit the shear and was able to fly down to Morro Rock and back to Cayucos three times.<br />
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